John lee gray



J- L. GRAY. 'REFRIGBRATORl No. 370,469. Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LEE GRAY, OE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AssIeNoE OE TWO-TEIEDS rro JOHN DAvID LEWIS `AND WILLIAM LEE SIMS, EOTIIOESAME PLAOE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Leners :Patent No. stories, daten september 27, 1887.

`Application filed April 18, 1887. Serial No. 235,290. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LEE GRAY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the following is a specificatiomreference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. l

vMy invention relates to an improvement in refrigerators having oscillati ng carriers forbutter and other articles to be kept cool;l and it consists in the combination of a horizontallyoscillating carrier with concave ice-boxes and I5 a suitable ice-chest,`as will be fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of' my improved refrigerator closed. Fig.` 2 is a front 2O elevation showing the carrier half-open and the f door to the lower compartment open. l Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken centrally from front to rear ofthe casein the plane indicated by dotted lines a' m on Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a horizontal section through Fig. 2 in the plane indicated by dotted lines y y thereon, showing the semicircular carrier closed and provided with apertures for receiving butter-tubs. Fig.

5 is a modification of the semicircular carrier 3o detached 'from `the refrigerator-case, the modiiication consisting in radial partitions H, instead ofthe apertures shown in Fig. 4. y

Referring by letter to the annexed drawings, A indicates the cases of the refrigerator,

the upper compartment, E, of Which is provided with ice-boxes D D, concave in front, as

shown in Fig. 4, and having cocks for drawing off ice-water. The lower compartment, F, of

the chest A is designed for the reception of' 4o vegetables, meats, Ste., to be refrigerated, and this compartment is provided with a front door, B, hinged at its lower edge.

C designates a semicircular shelf or carrier, which is pivoted at a a to the front horizontal bar, c, Of the case A, so thatit can be oscillated or revolved about said pivots to open or close it. The front panels, A" A', of this carrier are adapted to tightly closeythe front opening of the compartment E when the carrier is in the position indicated in Figs. 1 and A, in which position the carrier may be held by :a'hook, e, or other equivalent fastening.` The carrier C is preferably made with a semicireular flange, f, extending from end to end of the panels A, (which latter are provided with knobs b 1),) and secu red to a suitable semicircular bottom, which may have apertures G through it to re: ceive and hold butter-tubs; orin lien of these apertures, radial partitions H (shown in Fig. 5) may be employed to subdivide thle carrier. In practice the bottom of thecarrier may be reticulated or composed of rods, so that there will be a circulation of air throughit.` 4 l It will be observed by reference to Fig. 4 that the concave flange which bounds the front of the iceboxes D D is concentric to the axis of the vertical pivots a a, so that theice-boxcs are in close relation to the semicircular flange f of the carrier C when this carrier is wholly Within the case A, as shown in Fig. Il.

Access can be had to the articles on the carrier by simply turning it about its axis.

Having described this invention, I claim-- A refrigerator consisting of a lcase, A, 'a semicircular oscillating carrier, and ice-boxes D D, the front danges of which are concentric to the axis of the said carrier, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEE GRAY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM LEE SIMS, JOIIN DAVID LEWIS. 

